Quotes from Paulo Coelho

Waiting is painful. Forgetting is painful. But not knowing which to do is the worse kind of suffering.

I only started to get better once I accepted that I had a problem.

Even worse are those people who say: I'm happy because I'm sacrificing my life for those I love. And do you think that people who love us want to see us suffering for their sakes? Do you tink that love is a source of suffering? To be honest, yes Well, it shouldn't be

If he was the man she wanted him to be, he would not be intimidated by her silence.

The eyes are the mirror of the soul and reflect everything that seems to be hidden; and, like a mirror, they also reflect the person looking into them. So if the person looking into someone's eyes has a dark soul, he will see only his own ugliness.

And, in that mood, he was grateful to be in love. When you are in love, things make even more sense, he thought.

Experience has taught me that people only give values to things if they have, at some point, been uncertain as to whether or not they will get it

But ultimately there is no good reason for our suffering, for in every love lies the seed of our growth. The more we love, the closer we come to spiritual experience.

When you possess great treasures within you, and try to tell others of them, seldom are you believed.

They were, yet again, traveling in opposite directions, no matter how hard they tried to reach one another.

Esperar duele. Olvidar duele. Pero el peor de los sufrimientos es no saber qué decisión tomar.

I know that God is putting me through the fire of afflictions. I've accepted the blows that life has dealt me, and sometimes I feel as cold and indifferent as the water that inflicts such pain on the steel. But my one prayer is this: 'Please, God, my Mother, don't give up until I've taken on the shape that you wish for me. Do this by whatever means you think best, for as long as you like but never ever throw me on the scrap heap of souls.

The humility of a warrior is not the same humility as that of a servile man. The warrior does not lower his head to anyone, and nor does he allow anyone to bow before him. The servile man, on the other hand, kneels before anyone he believes to be more powerful, and demands that the people under his command behave in a similar fashion before him.

tormented souls have this incredible ability to recognize and approach one another, thus compounding their grief.

However, he often feels challenged by those whom he teaches the sword. His disciples call him to combat.

Up until then, travel and the idea of going far away had just been a dream, and dreaming is very pleasant as long as you are not forced to put your dreams into practice. That way, we avoid all the risks, frustrations and difficulties, and when we are old, we can always blame other people--preferably our parents, our spouses or our children--for our failure to realize our dreams.

Don't waste your time with explanations: people only hear what they want to hear.

If everyone could know and live with their inner craziness...people would be fairer and happier.

In magic - and in life - there is only the present moment, the now. You can't measure time the way you measure the distance between 2 points. 'Time' doesn't pass.

Tears are the blood of the soul

if pain must come, may it come quickly. because i have a life to live, and i need to live it in the best possible. if he has to make a choice, may he make it now. then i will either wait for him or forget him. waiting is painful. forgetting is painful. but not knowing which to do is the worst kind of suffering.

At some point of our life, we will lose control of everything surrounds us and we will be controlled by the fate. That is the world's biggest lie.

Yes, we are going to suffer, we will have difficult times, and we will experience many disappointments- But all of this is transitory; it leaves no permanent mark.

He felt the urge to go into the desert, to see if it's silence held the answers to his questions.